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• Tycoon to launch new Indonesian daily

  Sep 29 2008:

  Indonesian media, property and banking tycoon James Riady is on the verge of launching a new English-language daily, the Jakarta Globe. The editor of the 48-page, full-colour broadsheet is David Plott, a former editor-in-chief at the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review. The Globe will be distributed initially in major Indonesian cities and Singapore, with a print run of "over 50,000". Its direct competitor in the local market is the Jakarta Post, with an 18,000 circulation. (Via The Australian)

• Indonesia's democratic miracle

  Sep 19 2008:

  Kishore Mahbubani: The country is freer and more open than ever. The greatest threat now comes from an unexpected quarter – the west

• Lachlan 'interested' in Indonesia

  Sep 16 2008:

  Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert's son who quit his executive role with his father's company three years ago, is reported to be "interested" in investing in Indonesia. It follows his visit to some of the country's media companies, during which he met James Riady of the powerful Lippo Group, and the Media Group, which owns the 24-hour news channel Metro TV. (Via The Australian)

• Deadly stampede at Ramadan handout in Indonesia

  Video (1min 11sec), Sep 15 2008:

  At least 23 people have been either crushed or trampled to death while trying to accept alms from a wealthy family during Ramadan

• Ramadan alms-giving sparks fatal stampede in Indonesia

  Sep 15 2008:

  At least 23 die as thousands of poor Indonesians queue for traditional Muslim handout from businessman

• Newspaper launch in Indonesia

  Aug 28 2008:

  Lippo Group, one of Indonesia's largest conglomerates, is to launch an English-language daily newspaper called the Jakarta Globe. It will be rolled out in the next two months, targeting Indonesians and expatriates, and will compete with the Jakarta Post, Indonesia's largest English-language newspaper. (Via Brand Republic)

• No justice for East Timor

  Jul 25 2008:

  Tom Fawthrop: In the absence of demands for an international trial, Indonesian generals still enjoy impunity for their crimes against humanity

• Indonesia accepts guilt over East Timor human rights abuses

  Jul 15 2008:

  Indonesia's president accepts human rights report but has not issued a full apology

• Searchers scour jungle for missing Indonesian plane

  Jun 27 2008:

  Police and soldiers search dense jungle near Jakarta after air force plane carrying 18 people, including one Briton, goes missing

• The terrifying truth about Komodo dragons

  Jun 12 2008:

  John Vidal: I have seen hell, and it is indisputably on Rinca Island in Indonesia

• Into the dragon's den

  Jun 10 2008:

  The world's largest lizard is a powerful predator with razor-sharp teeth, but is the Komodo dragon really as fearsome as we think? Jon Henley reports

• Fuel protests: Europe, Indonesia, Bulgaria and India

  Jun 9 2008:

  We plot a map of the main fuel protests across the world as oil prices hit a new record high of $139 a barrel

• Marooned divers describe ordeal among Komodo dragons

  Jun 9 2008:

  Three recover on secluded island after nine hour ordeal in currents of Indian Ocean

• Lost divers survive 36-hour ordeal

  Jun 8 2008:

  Joy as relatives celebrate rescue of Britons swept away by strong currents in waters off Indonesia

• Missing divers: Five Europeans found on remote Indonesian island

  Jun 7 2008:

  Five Europeans ate shellfish and had to fend off giant reptiles to survive on island after going missing for two days

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